26 December 2009 The Israeli army invaded the Palestinian city of Nablus shortly after midnight, Saturday 26 December, raided three houses and executed three men. Several family members have been injured and houses, where families of the three killed men ...
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What is the Aim of the Gaza Freedom March?
By Bianca Zammit | Palestine Chronicle 23 December 2009 As the days of December 2009 draw in, two events which each have a role to play in world peace draw closer. The first is on the 27th and is commemorating ...
Read More »Gaza Freedom March: The siege has to end
Bianca Zammit | Palestine Chronicle 24 December 2009 “Is this our fate? Is this what we are worth? Nothing more than pictures on the wall?” said Um Rabia referring to what has now become a custom in Palestine, covering walls ...
Read More »Christmas in Bil’in: Santa Claus suffers tear-gas inhalation at weekly demonstration against the Wall
Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 25 December 2009 On Friday, 25 December 2009, residents of Bil’in attempted to march to their land stolen by the Apartheid Wall, joined by representatives of the the Fatah party, including central ...
Read More »Open letter to President Mubarak from the Gaza Freedom March
26 December 2009 Dear President Mubarak; We, representing 1,362 individuals from 43 countries arriving in Cairo to participate in the Gaza Freedom March, are pleading to the Egyptians and your reputation for hospitality. We are peacemakers. We have not come ...
Read More »500 demonstrators protest house evictions and ethnic cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah
25 December 2009 Some 500 demonstrators gathered at the top of the street that Jewish settlers are taking over in Sheikh Jarakh in East Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who came part by bus from Tel Aviv, part in cars from the ...
Read More »Desmond Tutu calling for immediate release of Bil’in activist Abdallah Abu Rahmah
24 December 2009 Elders’ chair, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has expressed his deep concern about the arrest and indictment of Abdallah Abu Rahmah of Bil’in and has called for his unconditional release. Abu Rahmah is a school teacher and coordinator of ...
Read More »Is it illegal to go to school?
25 December 2009 Is it illegal to go to school? That question has been asked many times in occupied Palestine. On 20 December 2009, the Israeli military confiscated a Palestinian vehicle used to transport children to and from school in ...
Read More »Christmas in al-Ma’asara: Demonstrators march in solidarity with Abdallah Abu Rahmah
25 December 2009 Some 80 demonstrators marched in this Friday’s Christmas demonstration in Ma’asara, which focused on solidarity with Bil’in’s arrested popular committee member Abdallah Abu-Rahmah. Kids, adults and Santa Clauses were handed out used tear-gas and stun grenades, and ...
Read More »War on protest
Editorial | Haaretz 25 December 2009 The war the police and the Israel Defense Forces are openly waging against protests by left-wing and human rights activists has heated up in recent weeks. As a result, concern is growing over Israel’s ...
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